But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.

For every one pupil who needs to be guarded against a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be awakened from the slumber of cold vulgarity. The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.

Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.

The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible

Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.

Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about 'misery.'

Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter on even in the holiest places.